How to Use niobium in a Sentence

niobium

noun
  • Brazil is by far the world’s biggest producer of niobium, which is used to strengthen steel.
    — Dionne Searcey Arin Yoon, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Instead, it's made from niobium, a rare element with a high melting point.
    — Eric Niiler, WIRED, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The case of the special edition version is made of niobium, a metal with a unique sheen that is rarely used in watchmaking.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The standout result came from printing niobium nitride.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
  • The wires of these tools are crafted from robust niobium, and encased in a protective layer of sapphire crystal tubes.
    — Michelle Hampson, Discover Magazine, 9 Aug. 2018
  • In this condition, the qubits made of niobium, silicon, and aluminum are stable enough to be used for computing.
    — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 5 Jan. 2018
  • The mines produce coltan — short for columbite-tantalite — an ore from which the metals tantalum and niobium are extracted.
    — David Yusufu Kibingila, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • This sentence was edited after posting to correct the description of niobium.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The hydrogen then moves through channels (coated with niobium carbide to resist corrosion) that run through the core from top to bottom.
    — Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 28 Mar. 2019
  • It is made from a C-103 niobium alloy, a fairly strong material.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 3 June 2020
  • Among other things, the Rwandans have been said to secretly transport niobium from a mine near Goma across the border and then export it.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • In the stages above 4K, the wires are made of silver, and below they are made from a niobium-titanium superconductor.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2025
  • The ore contains the rare-earth metal niobium, which is used in steel production and becomes a superconductor when cooled to low temperatures.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The ore contains the rare-earth metal niobium, which is used in steel production and becomes a superconductor when cooled to low temperatures.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Google’s qubits are made of aluminum; IBM uses a mix of aluminum and niobium, the two most often used materials for this qubit type.
    — Katherine Wright, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Refractory alloys are based on elements such as tungsten, niobium and molybdenum, which have some of the highest melting points of any metals.
    — Vitor Rielli, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026
  • This means the cable only requires two connectors—one at the top of the fridge and another at the transition from silver to niobium-titanium.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Cobalt is employed in rechargeable batteries, as is nickel, which together with niobium is used to produce stainless steels and superalloys.
    — Hugh Cameron john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • The tubular shape of the niobium disulfide nanotubes also addresses a long-standing challenge in nanoscale fabrication.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
  • These include the metal cobalt, as well as nickel, copper, manganese, niobium, zirconium and certain rare earth elements.
    — Hugh Cameron john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Several components of the cars themselves are made of niobium with makes for stronger, lighter and more sustainable cars, with better energy efficiency.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 6 July 2022
  • The ore contains the rare transition metal niobium, which is used in steel production and becomes a superconductor when cooled to low temperatures.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The world’s most advanced superconducting circuitry uses devices based on niobium.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2016
  • Metals like titanium, tungsten, and niobium are also essential for structural strength, heat resistance, and stealth coatings.
    — David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
  • New copper substitutes, like ultra-conductive aluminum, carbon nanotubes, and niobium phosphide, are promising but still in their infancy.
    — Adam Charles Simon, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Gold is abundant in the region, which also has rich deposits of rare metals such as coltan, used to make capacitors, and niobium, used to make superalloys for jet engines and hypersonic missiles.
    — Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Late in the project, engineers switched to a niobium oxide barrier, sandwiched between a lead alloy and a niobium film, an arrangement that produced more-reliable devices.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2016
  • One answer is niobium, a metal almost exclusively supplied by the South American country.
    — Mark Olalde, USA TODAY, 11 July 2020
  • These niobium-tin cavities can operate at higher temperatures, allowing for the use of standard commercial cooling units rather than custom, large-scale cryogenic plants.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Still, experts believe Venezuela has deposits of some minerals, such as coltan — of which the metals tantalum and niobium are derived — and bauxite, which can contain aluminum and gallium.
    — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026

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